PlayStation

See All-New Ways To Die In Dark Souls Totally Boss Trailer

Here’s the downside to watching any footage of Dark Souls — or even looking at its collector’s edition art book. You’re going to see some of the game’s impressive and imposing enemies. But our latest look at Dark Souls, leading up to the game’s release next week, is still a must-see.


September 23, 2011
PlayStation

Dark Souls: My First 24 Hours In Hell

I’m now 24 hours into Dark Souls, the successor to 2009′s brilliant and challenging role-playing game Demon’s Souls. I have, of course, died many times in my struggle to become un-undead. I have killed a half-dozen of its major demons, explored deeply its open world, but have just barely begun to scratch its hard surface.


PlayStation

Demon’s Souls Servers Given Stay Of Execution

Last we heard, From Software’s Demon’s Souls, the PlayStation 3 role-playing game with incredibly innovative online features, would keep its North American servers going until at least October 6, 2011, the game’s second birthday. Today, publisher Atlus says it plans to keep the Demon’s Souls online party goin’ into next year.


September 22, 2011
PlayStation

Dark Souls Made Even Harder By Online Freezing

Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to bastard hard Demon’s Souls, was released today in Japan. There are reports of it selling out at select shops. There are also reports of game-killing bugs.


August 26, 2011
PlayStation

Dark Souls Opens With Another Prologue In The Fog

The Demon’s Souls story returns in Dark Souls, and so does the game’s narrator, and so does her creepy pronunciation of “fog”, which sounds like “fug”, which Jezebel would tell us is an altogether different thing. Here is the prologue to the game, establishing how the land has once again become a hellhole and why it’ll be so much fun saving it.


August 23, 2011
PlayStation

The Trailer For Dark Souls Comes With Fair Warning

The new trailer for Dark Souls comes with a simple warning: Prepare to die.


August 20, 2011
In Real Life

Only At Gamescom Would (NSFW) Dark Souls Bodypainting Exist

Models wearing little more than a thong and thin layer of paint is not unheard of at German video game conventions, but the choice of hardcore action role-playing game Dark Souls as promotion-by-nearly naked woman candidate is sure… surprising.


August 19, 2011
PlayStation

A Dark Souls Prison Break, Straight Out Of Gamescom

The people showcasing From Software’s role-playing game Dark Souls — which you’ve likely heard is something of a challenge — were prone to frequent deaths during a brand-new demonstration of the game. At least its prison break was a breeze and we learned a few new things about the Demon’s Souls spiritual sequel.


August 18, 2011
PlayStation

Hot New Dark Souls Screens Show Its ‘Clothing Optional’ Class

This year’s Gamescom brings something new from Dark Souls, the dark role-playing game from From Software and Namco Bandai. Not only do we get a closer look at some character creation–the faces are still horrifying–but many of the game’s default character classes.


August 8, 2011
News

Saved By The Bell: The Video Game Is The Best Thing That Never Happened

You know, it was one of the great tragedies of the 1990s that we never got a Saved by the Bell video game on the SNES. One heavily inspired by the Earthbound series, in which you had to help Zack do whatever he did for 23 minutes an episode.